Monday, January 18, 2016

Monday macros

When it snowed on Friday, I noticed that the flakes were sticking to our deck railing for a short time before they melted. I got the camera out and tried to take some macro shots of individual flakes. I had to rush to find good examples before they melted, moving the camera around (on the tripod), refocusing, and messing with the settings. I was more or less successful.

I think this one looks best in black and white, 100mm (macro), f/8.0, 0.4s, ISO 400.

These are the best of the bunch of photos I took. I like that I can actually see the crystalline form of the flakes. If I had had a little more time before they melted, and hadn't been shivering, I might have got better shots. The flakes were gone within seconds of falling.

I pumped up the blue tint a little for this one, 100mm (macro), f/8.0, 1/10s, ISO 400.

Posted by wcs at 08:30
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14 comments:

  1. Louisette18 January, 2016 10:51

    Wonderfull macro, greeting from Mons in Belgium


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  2. Evelyn18 January, 2016 15:31

    You are the first person I know who can manage snow pix like these. They are wonderful. No snow here, but really chilly.

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  3. The Beaver18 January, 2016 16:03

    The second one looks like a tiara on the head of someone with grey hair :-)

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  4. Carolyn18 January, 2016 16:04

    Wow!

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  5. Seine Judeet (Judith)18 January, 2016 16:08

    Wow!!

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  6. Cheryl18 January, 2016 16:26

    Wow, indeed!

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  7. Susan18 January, 2016 20:22

    Super dooper! Great to see individual flakes. Congratulations.

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  8. mike18 January, 2016 20:53

    lovely pictures. the first major coating here in NYC happened on Saturday afternoon. Snow in winter.....finally.

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  9. Le Pré de la Forge18 January, 2016 21:19

    I like the second one the best...
    you've managed to get a perfect six-pointed, star-shaped flake right on a golden point!
    No wonder The Beaver thinks it looks like a tiara...

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  10. C in California18 January, 2016 21:58

    Breathtaking!

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  11. Wilma18 January, 2016 23:29

    Terrific results; I am totally impressed. If it had been colder, the snow flakes might have been smaller and perhaps not as lovely as the ones you got. That they are on the verge of melting gives a truly ephemeral feeling to the photographs; the beauty of the snowflakes is transient.

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  12. Ur-spo19 January, 2016 03:54

    Wow!

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  13. Emm19 January, 2016 04:28

    Magical pictures. Your shivering was well rewarded, as are we.

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  14. Moving with Mitchell19 January, 2016 12:49

    More or less successful? Definitely MORE. Brilliant!

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